- March 8th is a date that will haunt The House of Windsor for decades to come – a turning point for sure
- “The Firm”, “The Institution” or “The Palace” whatever you call it has an “employee engagement” crises on hand
- What we learned from Harry & Meghan’s interview is that Fairy Tales do not exist and as for Meghan…
- The orientation, induction, probation & job description all failed – a global H.R firm to rescue of H.R.Hs please
- To be fair Meghan has also dropped the ball big time – would she accept a movie role without reading the script 1st?
- Yet the biggest administrative faux pas was the Exit Interview & cancelling the indemnity + the end of service package
- With all the palaces that Monarchy has, one would think that a Garden Leave would have been a wise choice & approach
- The title of Archie is a technical debate for the experts, removing family’s protection/detail is Penny Wise Pound Foolish
- Auction of seabed around England & Wales by Crown Estate will fetch £8.8bn over the next 10 years from major oil cos.
- Total cost of detail & protection for Harry & Meghan est. at £3.6m/yr. would translate to £180m over the next 50 years
- Context: U.K Gov. spent £10bn extra on PPE – Protecting the Prestige of the Establishment can not be a free lunch
- Imagine a ransom case for Harry’s family without security in U.S & the crises, embarrassment that The Palace had to face?
- “Behavioural Finance Lever” utilised by The Royal Credit Administrators should have not been part of the equation
- This week not the Faberge Eggs, but the eggs of protocol, privacy and secrecy were all broken during this interview
- Oprah got some eggs from the Sussexes chicken farm for her “Media Omelette”- some avocados with that Oprah?
Staying Sober, Sound & Sensible
- The most significant & disturbing element of this royal saga revelations are cantered around the accusations of racism
- That “a member of royal family raised concerns about how dark Archie’s skin would be” is what matters most
- Now that this story is out it can not be “dealt with in Private” – a dash too late to solve it privately one would think
- Imagine how people of colour (POC) who work in the palace will feel after this interview?
- If the culprit is within “The Firm” he/she should be given a “Pink Slip” and escorted to the gates of The Palace
- Anything short of that would further damage the “golden veneer” of The Institution – some head/s must roll
- U.K is in midst of a mental health tsunami and any effort in denying significance of the crises is negligent & naive
- Human Beings have emotions, sentiments & fragilities – prince or plumber, both have hearts & heartaches
- Mental Health will take its toll in The U.K – and it is not “ the common’s disease” only – it’s a human condition
- Now to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex – every man/woman needs Mentors and role models to look up to in life
- Harry’s rocky relationship w/ Prince of Wales & the impact of tragic death of Princess Diana are all real factors of his life
- Prince Andrew the uncle & his reputational car crash of late in Epstein files & “moral cavity” must have created a big void
- One can only wonder, who did the brothers look up to, and leaned on in times of crises & their formative years?
- A great part of this story reflects deeper roots that neither the media has time for, nor public the luxury to hone in
- Listen to Dr. Gabor Maté who is a leading global expert on costs of hidden stress – a must listen to:
https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/when-the-body-says-no-the-costs-of-hidden-stress/
- Some U.S channels/anchors “are shocked” by the alleged traces of racism in The U.K – “The kettle calling the pot black?”
- But can we today sincerely deny the fact that the termite of racism still exists in foundations of many of the democracies?
- Apparently ViacomCBS paid $7m for the licensing rights to Harpo the production company of Oprah and…
- 17m tuned in U.S to watch the interview, while 62m watched her interview with Michael Jackson three decades ago
- Harry & Meghan have also signed a $100m streaming deal with Netflix and Spotify
- While the ratings of the news channels CBS & ITV shot through the roof we should not forget…
- The corrosive role many news agencies, tabloids play in their toxic coverage & brewing regular crises in the 1st place
- The search for quick high/rush of today’s fast media is akin to assassination of facts & realities & burying what matters…
- Perhaps the biggest victims of this interview are not only The Monarchs, but also all of us…
- For having failed to go beyond “ the right and wrong” – you can argue that taking sides is in human nature
- But Rumi says “Beyond Right & Wrong, There is a Place & I Shall Meet You There”
- What we have to recognise is that without a spiritual compass in an ever-changing world we’ll continue to fail to get there
- World is gripped with major issues, inst. racism, pandemic, climate change, man-made famine, creeping tech & job losses
Baby Archie’s innocent advice & favourite sentence “drive safe” is the wisest key takeaway for me from these revelations!